1992–93 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team

The 1992–93 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team represented Coastal Carolina University during the 1992–93 college basketball season. This was head coach Russ Bergman's fifth season at Coastal Carolina. The Chanticleers competed in the Big South Conference and played their home games at Kimbel Arena. They finished the season 22–10, 12–4 (adjusted to 11–5) in Big South play to finish in second place. The Chanticleers won the 1993 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament to advance to the 1993 NCAA tournament. Playing as the No. 16 seed in the West Region, the team was beaten in the opening round by No. 1 seed and eventual National runner-up Michigan and the famed Fab Five.

1992–93 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball
Big South tournament champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Big South
Record	22–10 (12–4 Big South)
Head coach	Russ Bergman
Assistant coaches	Mike Selvy Gary Leiner Mike Murphy
Home arena	Kimbel Arena

1992–93 Big South Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Towson State	14	–	2		.875			18	–	9		.667
Coastal Carolina †	12	–	4		.750			22	–	10		.688
Campbell	10	–	6		.625			12	–	15		.444
Liberty	9	–	7		.563			16	–	14		.533
Radford	8	–	8		.500			16	–	15		.516
UMBC	7	–	9		.438			12	–	16		.429
Charleston Southern	5	–	11		.313			9	–	18		.333
Winthrop	5	–	11		.313			14	–	16		.467
UNC Asheville	2	–	14		.125			4	–	23		.148
† 1993 Big South tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Senior forward Tony Dunkin ended his career as the school's career scoring leader. Dunkin was also named the Big South Conference Men's Player of the Year for an unprecedented fourth straight season.

Roster

1992–93 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G KeKe Hicks 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — So F 25 Tony Dunkin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Rains, South Carolina	Head coach Russ Bergman Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Source

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Dec 1, 1992*		Methodist	W 101–51	1–0	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Dec 5, 1992*		Bryan (TN)	W 112–88	2–0	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Dec 10, 1992*		at Boston University	W 85–78 OT	3–0	Case Gym  Boston, Massachusetts
Dec 12, 1992*		at Boston College	L 65–69	3–1	Silvio O. Conte Forum  Boston, Massachusetts
Dec 18, 1992*		vs. Northeast Louisiana	W 77–68	4–1	Neal S. Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 19, 1992*		at Hawaii	L 62–66	4–2	Neal S. Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 28, 1992*		vs. No. 9 Arkansas	L 74–93	4–3	Barton Coliseum (7,386) Little Rock, Arkansas
Jan 2, 1993*		South Carolina State	W 90–75	5–3	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Jan 6, 1993*		at Charleston	L 60–65	5–4	John Kresse Arena  Charleston, South Carolina
Jan 9, 1993		at Liberty	W 66–65 OT	6–4 (1–0)	Vines Center  Lynchburg, Virginia
Jan 11, 1993		at Radford	L 83–84	6–5 (1–1)	Dedmon Center  Radford, Virginia
Jan 14, 1993		UMBC	W 115–98	7–5 (2–1)	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Jan 16, 1993		Towson State	L 74–77	7–6 (2–2)	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Jan 18, 1993*		at Missouri	L 69–94	7–7	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Jan 23, 1993		Liberty	L 74–81 OT	7–8 (2–3)	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Jan 25, 1993		at UNC Asheville	W 65–59	8–8 (3–3)	Justice Center  Asheville, North Carolina
Jan 28, 1993*		Charleston	W 58–57	9–8	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Jan 30, 1993		Radford	W 96–95 OT	10–8 (4–3)	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Feb 3, 1993		Charleston Southern	W 84–63	11–8 (5–3)	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Feb 6, 1993		at Towson State	L 69–74	11–9 (5–4)	Towson Center  Towson, Maryland
Feb 8, 1993		at UMBC	W 84–63	12–9 (6–4)	Retriever Activities Center  Baltimore, Maryland
Feb 11, 1993*		Belmont Abbey	W 93–62	13–9	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Feb 13, 1993		at Winthrop	W 74–70	14–9 (7–4)	Winthrop Coliseum  Rock Hill, South Carolina
Feb 15, 1993		UNC Asheville	W 100–68	15–9 (8–4)	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Feb 18, 1993		at Campbell	W 74–70	16–9 (9–4)	Carter Gymnasium  Buies Creek, North Carolina
Feb 22, 1993		at Charleston Southern	W 45–37	17–9 (10–4)	Buccaneer Field House  North Charleston, South Carolina
Feb 24, 1993		Winthrop	W 79–64	18–9 (11–4)	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Feb 27, 1993		Campbell	W 80–50	19–9 (12–4)	Kimbel Arena  Conway, South Carolina
Big South tournament
Mar 4, 1993*	(2)	at (7) Charleston Southern Quarterfinals	W 79–66	20–9	North Charleston Coliseum  North Charleston, South Carolina
Mar 5, 1993*	(2)	vs. (6) UMBC Semifinals	W 66–59	21–9	North Charleston Coliseum  North Charleston, South Carolina
Mar 6, 1993*	(2)	vs. (8) Winthrop Championship game	W 78–65	22–9	North Charleston Coliseum  North Charleston, South Carolina
NCAA tournament
Mar 19, 1993*	(16 W)	vs. (1 W) No. 3 Michigan First Round	L 53–84	22–10	McKale Center (13,532) Tucson, Arizona
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Awards and honors

• Tony Dunkin – Big South Conference Men's Player of the Year (4th)